Tour Jete and other jumps.... please help me out?

Question

(First off, I do not do ballet.)

I know how to do them, but mine aren't great. I want them to be higher and I'm unsure how to get them to be prettier.

When I do mine, my back leg doesn't go high like this. My legs stay pretty low. Can anyone tell me how to make mine better??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywkuaIPsVBA

Does anyone have any other jumps that are pretty like the tour jete??

Answer 1

Plie' more, it will get you higher in the air.

Answer 2

you want more plie'

but jete means big brush--you have to really brush your feet along the floor and get a bit of a running start.

Running might sound weird but the Russian ballet dancers actually take long longs.

You can youtube it.

Point your feet, stretch your legs and use your arms..CORRECTLY!

hope that helped

Answer 3

get more strengh in your legs.

let me tell u

before i started running.

i could do switch leaps aka scissor jumps.

it was after i did run daily. [[cross county n track]]

i could.

i hav the flwxibily it was the strengh.

so wat may help would be

working out to get more leg muscle

and flexibuiltly

just streching daily so it will flow bttr.